Author: Robert Ornduff
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520936957
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
California’s unique plants range in size from the stately Coast Redwoods to the minute belly plants of the southern deserts and in age from the four-thousand year-old Bristlecone Pines to ephemeral annuals whose life span can be counted in weeks. Available at last in a thoroughly updated and revised edition, this popular book is the only concise overview of the state’s remarkable flora, its plant communities, and the environmental factors that shape them. * 188 color photographs illustrate plants and typical plant communities around the state * New chapters give expanded discussions of the evolution of the California landscape, recent changes in California's flora, and more * Introduces basic concepts of plant taxonomy and plant ecology through clear examples and covers topics such as soil, climate, and geography
Introduction to California Plant Life
Author: Robert Ornduff
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520936957
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
California’s unique plants range in size from the stately Coast Redwoods to the minute belly plants of the southern deserts and in age from the four-thousand year-old Bristlecone Pines to ephemeral annuals whose life span can be counted in weeks. Available at last in a thoroughly updated and revised edition, this popular book is the only concise overview of the state’s remarkable flora, its plant communities, and the environmental factors that shape them. * 188 color photographs illustrate plants and typical plant communities around the state * New chapters give expanded discussions of the evolution of the California landscape, recent changes in California's flora, and more * Introduces basic concepts of plant taxonomy and plant ecology through clear examples and covers topics such as soil, climate, and geography
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520936957
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
California’s unique plants range in size from the stately Coast Redwoods to the minute belly plants of the southern deserts and in age from the four-thousand year-old Bristlecone Pines to ephemeral annuals whose life span can be counted in weeks. Available at last in a thoroughly updated and revised edition, this popular book is the only concise overview of the state’s remarkable flora, its plant communities, and the environmental factors that shape them. * 188 color photographs illustrate plants and typical plant communities around the state * New chapters give expanded discussions of the evolution of the California landscape, recent changes in California's flora, and more * Introduces basic concepts of plant taxonomy and plant ecology through clear examples and covers topics such as soil, climate, and geography
Wildflowers of Nevada and Placer Counties, California
Author: California Native Plant Society. Redbud Chapter
Publisher: California Native Plant Society
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"Describes and illustrates with color photos 520 species of wildflowers found in Nevada and Placer Counties, California. Also provides a physical description of the area, places to see wildflowers, Native American uses, and a complete plant checklist, which includes thirty-eight percent of the plants known to grow wild in California"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: California Native Plant Society
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"Describes and illustrates with color photos 520 species of wildflowers found in Nevada and Placer Counties, California. Also provides a physical description of the area, places to see wildflowers, Native American uses, and a complete plant checklist, which includes thirty-eight percent of the plants known to grow wild in California"--Provided by publisher.
Contemporary Plant Systematics
Author: Dennis W. Woodland
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This introduction to plant taxonomy teaches basic botanical facts as applied to vascular plants, relating these facts to systematic principles and to contemporary issues. World-wide plant families are covered.
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This introduction to plant taxonomy teaches basic botanical facts as applied to vascular plants, relating these facts to systematic principles and to contemporary issues. World-wide plant families are covered.
Nevada Vascular Plant Types and Their Collectors
Author: Arnold Tiehm
Publisher: New York Botanical Garden Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
An annotated list of 1,038 vascular plant types from Nevada is presented as well as biographical accounts of their collectors.
Publisher: New York Botanical Garden Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
An annotated list of 1,038 vascular plant types from Nevada is presented as well as biographical accounts of their collectors.
National Union Catalog
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Selected Plants of Northern California and Adjacent Nevada
Author: Vernon H. Oswald
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature Relating to Vascular Plants
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress: Assessments and scientific basis for management options
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress: Assessments and scientific basis for management options
Author: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project
Publisher: Centers for Water and Wildl Ornia
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1588
Book Description
Publisher: Centers for Water and Wildl Ornia
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1588
Book Description
Wildlife Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wild life, Conservation of
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wild life, Conservation of
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description